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Lot 109*
8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£800 - £1,400
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Find your local specialistA Chelsea octagonal dish
circa 1750-52
decorated in kakiemon style with the 'Two Quail' pattern, comprising two large quail among banded hedges, flowering prunus, bamboo and grasses, stylised florets around the rim in alternating red and gold, the rim also picked out in red, 20.4cm (repaired chips)
decorated in kakiemon style with the 'Two Quail' pattern, comprising two large quail among banded hedges, flowering prunus, bamboo and grasses, stylised florets around the rim in alternating red and gold, the rim also picked out in red, 20.4cm (repaired chips)
Footnotes
This dish exactly copies the Japanese prototype for this design. See Dr. Chris Girton 'The Two Quail Pattern', Stockspring Antiques Exhibition Catalogue, 2004, no. 24 for another similar Chelsea example, and for the Japanese original, no. 1.
